A questionnaire was mailed to 723 libraries (385 responded) to inquire about special collections size, type of material, and assigned hours and responsibilities of staff. Assistance from unions requested by libraries includes financial support, promotion of library use through union headquarters, and bibliographies prepared by union officials.…

The general conclusion of this study indicates a wide, if uneven, use of college catalogs in academic libraries. (Author)

Data gathered from 56 libraries, agencies, and other institutions holding large collections of maps and aerial photographs are reported, including such areas as personnel, equipment, acquisitions, floor space, promotion, and use of computers. The 70 largest collections are ranked and profiled, and a sample questionnaire is provided. (FM)

The 156 academic libraries serving student bodies of less than 5,000 students, reported an average loss of 230 volumes per year at a cost of approximately $2,875.00 to replace. This loss of one volume for every five students represents the staggering projected total of 1,440,000 volumes lost in the year 1968/69. There are two ways of viewing the…

Items of ephemera may be important as illustrative or documentary material for author and scholar. In order for libraries to make this material available there must be access by catalog, index, or browsing. A survey of selected libraries probes the approach used by them in handling such items. (2 references) (Author)

The findings of this study support the hypothesis that library school students who show a tendency to agree to restrictive measures on intellectual freedom also agree with attitudes characteristic of the authoritarian syndrome. (Author)

Presents the results of a survey conducted in June 1980 to determine the use and effectiveness of English language encyclopedias in 75 Canadian public libraries. (CHC)

This survey of California libraries was conducted to gather information on the use of the California Union List of Periodicals (CULP), a microfiche finding list for serials held in all kinds of libraries statewide, exept for those held by major academic institutions. Returned by 391 of 696 libraries in October 1980, the survey questionnaire was…

At California State University, Long Beach, 1263 students and faculty members responded to a questionnaire regarding the university library. The four part instrument questioned the respondents' faculty position or student class, course level, and major; their use of the library, both type and frequency; attitudes toward staff, collection, and…

A survey of faculty loan regulations in force at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) academic libraries indicated that there is little equity, between faculty and students, of loan regulations; that it is not possible to determine loan policies from the regulations that support policy; and that many of the libraries appear to be unable to…

Describes a survey used to produce an inventory of microform machines and an overview of microform collections on the University of Wisconsin--Madison campus. Such an inventory can be used as a general information or reference guide for students and faculty who need to use microform readers and reader/printers. (CMV)

This three-part study of periodicals in India in existence before 1947 focuses on a survey of periodicals, cessation of periodicals (financial limitations, interruption due to war, poor circulation, insufficient advertisements), and periodical complexities (change of title, change of subtitle, amalgamation, splitting, gap in publication).…

The series of selected statistical presentations of public library management data that originated in the Office of Education in 1945 is continued in this report. The data reported were collected with a questionnaire addressed to the 1,178 public libraries which serve areas having at least 25,000 inhabitants. The five tables of data include…

The results of a questionnaire sent to medical schools in Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Mangolia and Thailand to survey the state of medical libraries are reported. Comments and recommendations are made. (3 references) (SJ)

A preservation census was conducted of selected Dewey ranges of the volumes located in the mezzanine area of the Social Science Department of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library main branch. This collection is housed in a non-circulating, semi-supervised stack area and includes approximately 500 volumes in the fields of bibliography and rare…